| Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen Lyrics | 10 months ago |
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Who did these lyrics?!? A candy brain, seriously? Someone's built a candy castle For my sweet sixteen Someone took that candy girl And drew her in Someone's built a candy castle For my sweet sixteen Someone took that candy girl And drew her in THAT is the version I was told. No longer sure what to think! Perhaps we should go to the source and get this resolved. |
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| Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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"Looking in the mirror don't get it for me" Talented, beautiful, and humble. What a woman! |
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| Henry Lee Summer – I Wish I Had A Girl Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| 35 year and still cool. You just can't beat the '80s | |
| Atlanta Rhythm Section – So Into You Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| Was a 'long distance dedication' from Ed in Los Angeles to Erika at Stanford University on American Top 40 for 02 December, 1978 | |
| Thin Lizzy – Whiskey in the Jar Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| WAY wrong lyrics displayed. | |
| Charlene – I've Never Been To Me Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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BTW, this is the only copy (1977) I've found that has deleted the spoken verse. It seems a bit abrupt without a bridge, but fares better than the original. Certainly just my personal opinion. |
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| Charlene – I've Never Been To Me Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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While I truly LOVE the vivid picture she creates - the spoken verse is far too distracting from the overall feeling the song conveys. Without that, or perhaps with a more tempo-ed verse, I feel this song would rate much higher overall. Still, as a man, it makes me want to comfort the main character for the 'regrets' that we all feel (of things done AND not done) as we get older in life. |
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| 10,000 Maniacs – Stockton Gala Days Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Here's what Natalie had to say about the song: "Whenever we played that song, all I thought of was being a young girl and having the true friendships that we have when we're young. I had a rural upbringing and I feel very close to - I don't want to sound like a hippie girl, but I spent a lot of time in grape vineyards and cornfields and the forest, and that song just brought to mind how happy I was when I was younger, and that feeling of summer and this great expanse of time that summer was, and how I spent it, and who I spent it with." - Musician, November 1992 |
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| Steely Dan – Deacon Blues Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| According directly to Fagen, the song is about suicide. | |
| Donald Fagen – I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year) Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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It is rather straight-forward. I.G.Y. has occurred only once. It was a world-wide, scientific effort devoid of political intrigue. The prosperity and relative peace of the era lent to a society truly THAT optimistic with several advancements that made everyday life far 'easier.' Most features predicting the future - from flying cars and automated houses to space travel and colonization - extrapolated from the rapid advancement of the previous decade to rationalize a 'Jetsons' existence. Everything referenced in the song was cutting-edge technology at the time. From high speed trains (transatlantic flight would not be introduced until 1958) to benevolent computers (media tape, punch card calculators were called computers). The reference 'Well by 76 we'll be A-OK" is life expectancy, currently up to 87 years. Also the 'spandex jackets' (although not introduced until 1962, it was invented in 1958) refers to futuristic self-washing or stain-resistant clothing often described in Science Fiction. I must discount several other posts as being too broad. Kennedy and manned spaceflight was long after this time period. The 'Space Race' began in 1955, but actual orbit wasn't achieved until late 1957. Anyone interested can watch the newsreels (color TV was introduced in the mid-50's but too expensive for most households until the next decade) of the time. |
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